Sharpe's Sword: Richard Sharpe and the Salamanca Campaign, June and July 1812 Overview & Chapter Abstracts for Teachers

Chapter Abstracts

Chapter abstracts are short descriptions of events that occur in each chapter. They highlight major plot events and detail the important relationships and characteristics of characters and objects. The Chapter Abstracts can be used to review what the students have read, or to prepare the students for what they will read. Hand the abstracts out in class as a study guide, or use them as a "key" for a class discussion. They are relatively brief, but can serve to be an excellent refresher of the text for either a student or teacher.

Part One, Prologue and Chapter 1 Abstract

* Leroux tortured a man to find out who Mirador is, and he now plans to capture him and torture him to get the names of his spies.
* He kills Delmas, takes his uniform, and gets onto the British base claiming to be Delmas.
* Sharpe...
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